California Court of Appeal

California ex rel. Grayson v. Pac. Bell Tel. Co., C050296

Sustaining defendant's demurrer to the third amended complaint without leave to amend, in action seeking bounty under False Claims Act for compelling defendants to escheat to the state balances on prepaid telephone cards by evading procedures provided by the Unclaimed Property Law, is affirmed, but affirmance is based on: 1) complaint's failure to overcome the jurisdictional bar established by section 12652 of the FCA; and 2) plaintiff's lack of standing to pursue his unfair competition claims set forth in his second cause of action.